If a man wishes to have God recognized in the constitution of our country, let him read the history of the Inquisition, and let him remember that hundreds of millions of men, women, and children have been sacrificed to placate the wrath, or win the approbation of this god.
Robert Green IngersollHe who commends the brutalities of the past, sows the seeds of future crimes.
Robert Green IngersollIt is impossible for me to conceive of a character more utterly detestable than that of the Hebrew god.
Robert Green IngersollDon't you know that if people could bottle the air they would? Don't you know that there would be an American Air-bottling Association? And don't you know that they would allow thousands and millions to die for want of breath, if they could not pay for air? I am not blaming anybody. I am just telling how it is.
Robert Green Ingersoll